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What is a ?Life Sentence??

By Baker Associates

Hearing that someone is sentenced to a ?life sentence? is fairly common, especially with regard to the legal headlines where the most heinous crimes (with the harshest sentences) tend to dominate. However, what exactly constitutes a life sentence is not a subject that comes up with much frequency. A recent case that came before the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals helps to explain the exact meaning of the term. In the case of State v. Martinez, the defendant was accused of aggravated rape and fled to Mexico to avoid the charges. He was apprehended in Mexico and signed an extradition agreement that allowed him to be sent back to the United States for trial which contained a provision that stipulated that the trial court could not seek a sentence of life imprisonment in the defendant?s case...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on March 08, 2010 (boomark / email).